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Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)

Canada and the FTAA

Current FTAA Negotiations

FTAA Draft Text, Canada's Positions and Proposals

Third Draft FTAA Agreement - November 21, 2003

  • The published text is not legally binding since it is still under negotiation.
  • The text is subject to modification as negotiations progress.
  • The translations of the texts into the different languages may contain inaccuracies, which will be corrected in the course of the negotiations.
  • Square brackets [ ] indicate that different points of view do exist on the text included between them.
  • Brace brackets { } indicate that differences in translation may exist on texts included between them.

Negotiating Groups

Market Access
Agriculture
Investment
Services
Government Procurement
Intellectual Property Rights
Competition Policy
Subsidies, Antidumping & Countervailing Duties
Dispute Settlement
Technical Committee on Institutional Issues

Other Entities

Smaller Economies
Electronic Commerce
Civil Society

Negotiatings Groups

Market Access

Agriculture

Investment

Services

Government Procurement

Intellectual Property Rights

Competition policy

Subsidies, Antidumping and Countervailing Duties

Dispute Settlement

Technical Committee on Institutional Issues

Other Entities

  • Committee of Government Representatives on the Participation on Civil Society

    • Canada's Proposal

    • Thematic Meetings Open to Civil Society
      The Committee of Government Representatives on the Participation of Civil Society has been mandated to organise a series of Thematic Meetings open to all sectors of civil society on issues related to the FTAA negotiations. Pursuant to this mandate, the following meetings have been held:

      • First Thematic Meeting: Agriculture (June 25, 2003, Sao Paulo, Brazil);

      • Second Thematic Meeting: Services, with particular emphasis on telecommunications, professional services, and cultural industries (September 23, 2003, Santiago, Chile);

      • Third Thematic Meeting: Intellectual Property Rights (January 28, 2004, Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic);

      • Fourth Thematic Meeting: Market Access for industrial and consumer goods, with particular emphasis on Small and Medium-size Enterprises (April 26, 2004, Atlanta, United States).

      The reports, agenda, lists of participants and other documents related to these meetings are available on the official FTAA website.

  • Open Invitation to Civil Society in FTAA Participating Countries - July, 2003

  • Report of the Committee of Government Representatives on the Participation of Civil Society - November 1, 2002

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Date Modified:
2008-07-04